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Guide killed by crevasse fall on Mont-Blanc

A 39 year old guide has been killed on the glacier d’Argentière in the Mont Blanc range yesterday morning at around 10h30. The man was running a crevasse rescue course with two clients.

The guide was digging a hole in the snow to make a belay point when it appears he broke through a snow bridge and fell around 20 meters into a crevasse. The High Mountain Police (PGHM) from Chamonix came to the scene but the guide had been killed by the fall. The guide was from the Haute-Savoie and worked independently.

Thierry was a truly great adventurer and guide who always made his client groups feel like they had had a full mountain experience. My many friends and I from the UK who have had the priviledge to ski regularly with Thierry over the last 4/5 years will miss him terribly.